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Adverbs:

Degrees of Comparison
Degrees of Comparison

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Paste your family photograph in the box and write six sentences about the different
members of your family using adverbs. Read them to your family on a Sunday.

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Let’s Learn Degrees of Comparison

Adverbs of comparison show the degree or intensity of an action. Like adjectives, adverbs
also have the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees. For example:

Ravi can run fast; Tarun can run faster; but Ketan can run the fastest in the class.
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As time was running out, she began to speak more quickly.
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You have done well, but you must try harder next time.
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